Colette
Dessert · Pear · Pyrus communis L. · 1 accession
Originated in Freeport, Illinois, USA by Marie E, Dreyer. Introduced in 1953. Fruits have greenish-white, medium coarse, juicy flesh with some grittiness around the core. Flavour is good being similar to Williams. Suitable for canning.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Flowering
- 17th April (10%) · 25th April (full) · 5th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- conical
- Russet
- low/medium
- Weight
- 96.00 g
- Over colour
- orange/pink
- Stalk angle
- straight
- Stalk curve
- weak
- Eye aperture
- half open
- Flesh colour
- white/cream
- Stalk length
- medium-long mm
- Ground colour
- yellow
- Russet percent
- 1-50%
- Stalk thickness
- medium-thick
- Over colour amount
- low
Source · National Fruit Collection
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